MICROSOFT HAS LAUNCHED a crackdown on game emulators and they have banned devs from submitting these types of buy office 2010 Store.

News associated with the ban comes thanks to developer NESBox, whose Universal Emulator app for playing Nintendo and Sega ROMs finds itself unpublished following an update to Microsoft's Windows Store rules.

Microsoft's policy was updated on 29 March, before imminent rollout of a Windows 10 Creators Update, and these days states: "Apps that emulate per game system are not allowed on any device family," confirming that emulators turn out to be bad manners on Windows 10, Xbox or Windows Phone devices.

NESBox says it intentions to travel the removing of its app with buy office 2013 Store by focusing instead on its internet browser version, but other developers perhaps might not select the change simple.

Excellent hasn't down well with gamers either, who were quick to slam Microsoft's decision, which likely comes given been the murky legal issues surrounding game emulation software.

"One more reason to prevent try the Windows Store, virtually the vender lock-in and exclusion of platforms like Linux (which Microsoft regularly says love) weren't already enough," one Reddit user wrote. "I'll remain with a platform which lets me run whatever software I'm sure like along with spy on me thanks!

Another added: "A small vision of the future buy office 2016 has men and women if a Windows Store manages to defy chances and grow to be popular enough the way they could easily away with spinning down win32 compatibility. May the windows store fail hard, fast and continually."

Microsoft's move leaves Google Play for the only mobile app store still supporting game emulator apps, with Apple also banning utilising the apps.